Talk:Spitzbergen

Changed redirect

This page originally redirected to Svalbard, and was changed in 2004 to redirect to Spitsbergen. That may have seemed logical, but the original redirect was correct, so I’ve changed it back.
"Spitzbergen" is a (somewhat old-fashioned) term in British English, and generally refers to the whole archipelago now called "Svalbard"; the main island of the group, now called "Spitsbergen", was usually referred to (if at all) as “West Spitzbergen”.
Where the word occurs in articles, and in the sources drawn on, it is more likely to be used in this way. Xyl 54 (talk) 19:51, 23 December 2011 (UTC)